Misión de Santa María de la Asunción, Acapulco, S.L.P.

Describes the 18th-c. mission of S. María de la Asunción (Santa María de la Asunción Acapulco) - its setting, the architecture of its church (with special emphasis on its facade with statues in niches), and its altars and major altarpiece. Recounts the history of the site from Pre-Columbian times through the founding of the mission in 1617, its current construction of ca.1750-1770, and its status up to the 19th c. ;